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HENSEL, BENTLEY FOSTER

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FEC candidate id
H4VA08406
Internal id
d555810d-bbdb-4ae6-8c68-088f075b6707
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), VA-08. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation776,847
PeopleMedian age38
IncomeMedian household income$131,383
IncomePer-capita income$77,181
IncomeIn poverty7.7%
IncomeUnemployed3.8%
IncomeGini inequality index0.465
RaceWhite alone52.0%
RaceBlack alone13.0%
RaceAsian alone11.7%
RaceHispanic or Latino20.1%
RaceTwo or more races14.2%
OriginForeign-born27.2%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home64.6%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home16.1%
EducationHigh school or higher77.1%
EducationBachelor's or higher65.8%
EducationAdvanced degree35.1%
HouseholdFamily households53.8%
HouseholdAvg household size2.34
HouseholdNever married (15+)38.4%
HousingMedian home value$764,800
HousingMedian gross rent$2,174
HousingSingle-family detached30.9%
HousingBuilt before 19409.0%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)4.2%
HousingVacant units6.1%
ServiceVeterans (18+)7.3%
HealthWith a disability8.0%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband94.5%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet3.5%
CommuteDrove alone48.0%
CommutePublic transit10.1%
CommuteWorked from home29.4%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

CycleRaisedSpentCash on handDebtsIndiv. contribs.
2024$17,454$17,665$38$14,680$200

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Election prediction

Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 15.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%

Baseline model (incumbency Γ— party Γ— office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

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